Book 38: Really Useful Engines, by Christopher Awdry, Random House, 1983
We came to the end of the wonderful Thomas the Tank Engine Collection stories and my little Thomas wanted more. I wasn't ready to plunge right back into the collection again and start from the beginning, so I found this little book.
It only has four stories, and it is "based-on" The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry, but unlike most of the "based-on" Thomas book, the author did an excellent job of keeping the feel of the original -- probably because he was Rev. Awdry's son.
The illustrations are wonderful, and again, have the feel of the original without attempting to copy them.
All in all, it has been a really useful little book.
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